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v SUSPENDERS. No. 810,399. Patented Jan. 6, 1885.

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FRANK E. FLAGG, 0F NIEV YORK, N. Y.

SUSPENDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,399, dated January 6, 1885.

Application filed November 19, [884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. FLAG-G, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in Suspenders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a part of a suspender to which my improvement has been applied. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same, taken through the broken line at a", Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a part ofa suspender, showing amodification of the improvement, the parts being disconnected. Fig. 4 is a side elevationof the same, showing the parts connected.

The object of this invention is to provide suspenders constructed in such a manner as to avoid the use of buckles or clasps, and at the same time allow the Suspender-ends to be readily adjusted to lengthen or shorten the suspenders.

The invention relates to suspenders constructed with the shoulder-straps connected with the Suspender-ends by rubber rods. To the end of the shoulder-strap is attached a cap having a tubular socket to receive the rubber rod, and upon the rubber rod is placed a regulator, to which the Suspender-ends are attached, and which is made with a tubular aperture smaller than the said rubber rod, whereby the said rubber rod is securely connected with the shoulder-strap and the said regulator can be readily adjusted and will be securely held in place, as will be hereinafter fully described and then claimed.

A represents the shoulder-strap of a suspender, to the end of which is attached a cap, B. The cap B is made of leather, metal, or

other suitable material, and is sewed or otherwise secured to the end of the shoulder-strap A. Upon the middle part of the cap 13 is formed a tubular socket, B, to receive the end of a rubber rod, 0. Theinterior of the socket B is smaller than the rod 0, and the part of the said rod that passes through the said socket is wound with thread D or other suitable material to reduce its size to the size of the said socket, as shown in Fig. 2. The unwound end of the rubber rod 0 remains at its natural size and serves as a head to prevent the said end from drawing out of the socket B.

Upon the rubber rod 0, at such a distance fromitsupperend as willinakethesuspenderof suitable length and will give the said suspender sufficient elasticity, is placed a regulator, E, which may be made of leather, metal, or other suitable material, and has a tubular aperture, E, formed through it to receive the rubber rod 0. The tubular aperture E through the regulator E is made so much smaller than the rubber rod 0 that the part of the rod C below the said regulator E will serve as a head to prevent the said regulator from slipping down when the suspenders are in use. The regulator E is made with wings, to which are secured, by sewing or other suitable means, the Suspender-ends F, to which the pantaloons are to be buttoned. If desired, a third suspender-end, F, can be secured to the regulator E to support the drawers of the wearer. The free end of the rubber rod 0 is designed to be wound with thread or other suitable material, to so reduce its size that it can be readily passed through the tubular aperture of the regulator E, and the wound end :an then be covered with a cap-ferrule, G, to give a finish to the said end. The regulator E can be adjusted to regulate the length of the suspender by stretching the rubber rod 0 till its size is so reduced that the said regulator can be moved upon it easily.

In the modification shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the suspender-ends F F are separate from the regulator E, and are connected with the said regulator by an eye, H, attached to the said ends, and a hook, I, attached to the said regulator, the operation of the regulator being the same as hercinbefore described.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The suspenders constructed, substantially as herein shown and described, with theshoulder-straps connected with the suspender-ends by rubber rods, as set forth.

2. In suspenders, the combination, with the shoulder-strap A and the Suspender-ends F,

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of the cap B, having tubular socket B, the rubber rod 0, and the regulator E, having tubular aperture E, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said shoulder-straps and Suspender-ends are securely connected, as set forth.

3. In suspenders, the combination, withthc rods 0 and the suspender-ends F, of the regulator E, having atubular aperture, E, smaller than the said rubber rod, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said regulator can be readily adjusted and will be held in place securely, as set forth.

4. In suspenders, the combination, with the shoulder-strap A and the rubber rod 0, having its upper'part wound with thread, of the cap B, having a tubular socket, 13, smaller than the said rubber rod, substantially as here in shown and deseribechwhereby the said rubber rod is securely connected with the said shoulder-strap, as set forth.

FPANK E. FLAGG.

\Vitnesses:

James T. GRAHAM, EDGAR- Tarn. 

